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Joseph Priestley

Birstall, Leeds, 1733 - Northumberland County, Pennsylvania 1804
English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and Liberal political theorist, usually credited with the discovery of oxygen
(Wikipedia)

Francis John Williamson
1874/1951

Description

Bronze statue of Joseph Priestley.

Inscription(s)

PRIESTLEY

Signature

f.j. williamson sc. | esher 1874.

Annotation

The statue was originally made of marble but had to be recast in bronze in 1951.

Sculptor

Francis John Williamson (Hampstead, London 1833 - Esher, Surrey 1920), British sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Birmingham Mail, Decaying statue of James Watt dismays Birmingham's Lunar Society.
Wikipedia, Chamberlain Square.
Bob Speel, Birmingham - Corporation Square, Victoria Square, the Town Hall etc.

Locatie (N 52°28'47" - W 1°54'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbwm048; Photograph: 24 June 2014
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